

Bahá'ís of the Heartland States
Bahá'ís, and those who join with them, across these three states are working together alongside their neighbors and networks in a humble posture of learning to transform our inner and outer reality -- to build just, peaceful, and unified neighborhoods and communities. We are part of a global community seeking peace and social transformation.

Regional Training Institute
The Regional Training Institute of the Heartland States is the educational arm of the Regional Bahá’í Council fostering the capacity to serve humanity among all age groups. The curriculum for this education program was developed through the Ruhi Institute and is used internationally. It is offered through a variety of ways, including distance education and within small group settings, facilitated by trained tutors, junior youth animators, and children’s class teachers with the purpose of translating what is learned from the Bahá’í writings and local reality into sustained service for the spiritual and social transformation of neighborhoods. The Universal House of Justice, which is the elected international governing body of the worldwide Bahá’í community, describes the small group study environment:
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"Specifically, the sequence of courses that we have recommended for use by institutes everywhere, which is facilitating so effectively the process of transformation under way, is designed to create an environment conducive at once to universal participation and to mutual support and assistance. The… individuals in this environment,… consider themselves as treading a common path of service…" Universal House of Justice, 28 December 2010
Click on video below to learn more about the Bahá'í Institute process.
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Or, you can read about the Institute process at this website.
​To contact the Regional Training Institute Board,
email the Secretary: RTISecretariat@rbcheartland.org

Institute Materials and Related Information
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To order printed copies of Ruhi Institute courses (1-7), please visit the website of Palabra Publications (available in multiple languages) or the Bahá’í Bookstore.
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Digital downloads of currently published materials are also available in multiple languages from the Ruhi Institute website for books 1-7.
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Published materials for the Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program are available online through Palabra Publications.
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For access to institute materials in development (pre-publications), please contact your Cluster Institute Coordinator or email ruhi@rbcheartland.org